Business cards in South Africa
85 by 55 mm, A4 sheets, and a card that edits itself.
In South Africa a business card is 85 by 55 mm and the paper is A4. Design one here for nothing, print ten on a page at home or take the PDF to a printer, and keep a digital business card on your own link.
What you get in South Africa
Small businesses carry the country, and they print in small runs. A sheet of ten at home costs a page of card stock, and the design behind it can be reprinted the day something changes.
The print-at-home sheet is laid out for A4 with a cut line around each card, and the print-shop file carries the bleed and the crop marks a press expects.
The maker, the templates and the print-ready downloads are free in South Africa as they are everywhere else. No account is asked for, nothing is stamped across the file, and the design is drawn at 85 × 55 mm so a printer has nothing to scale.
The digital business card is the other half of it. It lives on your own link, shows a QR code that opens it, saves into a phone in one tap, and changes the moment you edit it, so a card you handed over in South Africa last year still carries the number you use today.
Where to start in South Africa
Every door here is free to open, and none of them asks for an account.
Business card maker
Type your details, pick a design, download a print-ready file. No account and no watermark.
Business card maker→Templates
Every design, by style and by trade, each one opening in the maker with your details.
Templates→Digital business cards
Your card on its own link, saved to a phone in one tap and changed whenever you like.
Digital business cards→Printable business cards
Ten cards on one A4 or US Letter page with cut lines, for your own printer.
Printable business cards→What it costs
Prices for South Africa are shown in South African rand, turned from our US-dollar price. The exact amount is shown on the payment page before you pay.
From ZAR 16.05 ($0.99) a month. Free plan too. The exact amount is shown on the payment page before you pay.
One card on your own link is ZAR 0 ($0), for as long as you like.
Or ZAR 161.90 ($9.99) a year (ZAR 13.46 ($0.83)/month).
See the plans in full →Printed business cards for South Africa
Printed cards start at ZAR 102.99 for delivery to South Africa.
Printed business cards for South Africa are cut to 85 × 55 mm, and the maker draws that size by default.
Delivery to South Africa: ZAR 48.62.
Printed in 3–5 business days, then 5–12 days to you.
Import duties and taxes, if any, are paid by the person who receives the parcel.
Print a sheet of ten yourself →South Africa at a glance
Every figure here comes from the catalogue and the country's own price rows, never from this page.
| What it is | What that means | |
|---|---|---|
| What people call it | A business card | The same card either way |
| The size | 85 × 55 mm | Three other sizes in the maker |
| Designing and downloading | Free, with no account | No watermark on the file |
| A card on your own link | One card on your own link is ZAR 0 ($0), for as long as you like. | From ZAR 16.05 ($0.99) a month. Free plan too. The exact amount is shown on the payment page before you pay. |
| Printed cards | Printed cards start at ZAR 102.99 for delivery to South Africa. | Delivery to South Africa: ZAR 48.62. |
How to make a business card in South Africa
Write the words
Your name, what you do, the company, and the two or three ways you want people to reach you.
Pick a design
Choose a template, then its colours and its lettering. The card on screen follows every pick.
Check the size
85 × 55 mm is the size used in South Africa, and the maker draws it by default. Three other sizes are there if your printer asks for one.
Download, or publish
Take the print-ready PDF to a printer, or the sheet of ten for your own paper. Publish the digital business card and your link and its code are live.
Questions from South Africa
What size are South African business cards?
85 by 55 mm is the usual size and the maker's default here, with three other sizes available if a printer asks for one.
Is there a free plan?
Yes. One card on your own link is free for as long as you like, and the maker and the downloads are free with no account at all.
Is a business card the same as a visiting card?
Yes. They are two words for one thing, and the word changes with the country rather than the card. This page uses the word used in South Africa.
Does the person I give it to need an app?
No. No app, no download and no account on their side. The link or the QR code opens in the browser their phone already has, and your details save to their contacts in seconds.
The rest of the answers
The same questions, taken one at a time.
Business cards
Every way to get one: design it free, print it, or carry it on a phone.
Business cards→Visiting Card Store
The maker, the templates, the digital card and the printed cards in one place.
Visiting Card Store→Free business cards
What costs nothing here, said exactly, and what a paid plan adds.
Free business cards→Cheap business cards
The honest answer to the cheapest way to get a card that people keep.
Cheap business cards→QR code business card
A square code on the paper card that opens your details on their phone.
QR code business card→Other countries
The same site in the word, the size and the currency each country uses.
Start your business card
Two minutes in the maker gives you a print-ready file, and the link is free to take as well. Both work the same way in South Africa as anywhere else.